Canadian Powerlifting Union Suspends Female Athlete Over Her Objections to Male Competitors
“Apparently, I have failed in my gender-role duties as ‘supporting actress’ in the horror show that is my #sport right now."
The Canadian Powerlifting Union has suspended a female athlete after she publicly criticized the inclusion of male athletes in competitions for women.
“I now face a 2-year ban by the CPU for speaking publicly about the unfairness of biological males being allowed to taunt female competitors & loot their winnings,” April Hutchinson wrote on X last week.
“Apparently, I have failed in my gender-role duties as ‘supporting actress’ in the horror show that is my #sport right now,” she continued. “Naturally, the CPU deemed MY written (private) complaint of the male bullying to be ‘frivolous and vexatious.’”
“This... Even though a 13-page letter was sent to the CPU in October thoroughly debunking all accusations. Obviously, someone had to pay the price for the IPF forcing CPU to be more female-friendly,” she continued.
“Let this be a lesson to all female athletes to shut-up and put-up with #SexDiscrimination. In truth, my fight does not stop here.”
The Daily Mail notes that the suspension came as a result of comments Hutchinson made on Piers Morgan’s show Uncensored regarding Anne Andres, a man who identifies as a woman and who smashed a number of women’s weightlifting records earlier this year.
“It's been very disheartening, that national record that he broke athletes have been chasing that for years,” Hutchinson said. “It just goes to show the physical advantages that a male has over a female.”
“I will keep speaking out about fairness, because women deserve that. It's completely unfair, it's bodies that play sports not identities,” she also said.